Junior Collection Coordinator LA & Shoes

We're looking for a Junior Collection Coordinator to joing our LA & Shoes Product Development team.
For the Line under his/her responsibility, the Jr. Collection Coordinator, reporting to the Collection Development Director Shoes & LA, ensures that the collection is developed consistently with the collection merchandising brief and in line with collection calendars, liaising with Style and Supply Chain to ensure a rigurous and timely information flow among the related functions also verifying that the collection is developed in line with budget constraints.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Collection development (70%)

• Plan and monitor the collection development process coordinating the Product Managers team and supervising Back Office activities
• Liaise with the Design Studio, Collection Merchandising Manager to ensure that the collection is developed in line with the collection grid in terms of content and pricing
• Liaise with Supply Chain to ensure a proper industrialization process providing target costs and technical information/input
• Define price list prposals for the Brand Director
• Oversee total collection prototypes /samples launch and fabric production processes ( budget and timing compliance ) ensuring timely delivery

Collection presentation and Sales Campaign support (30%)

• Together with Collection Merchandising and Style, contribute to the seasonal product briefing
• Actively participate to the Collection presentation and support during the buying campaign providing information to Markets on product technical details
• Provide training to main Key Wholesale clients upon Market request
• Provide technical training and material on seasonal collection managed by Brand
• Supervise fabric production and inventory partnering with SC to monitor progress of shipments , cancellations
• Check qualitative issues and complaints in liaison with the PM and Supply Chain
• Organizing information to allow order entry

PRINCIPAL SKILLS

• Solid product knowledge in menswear collections (preferably shoes & leather accessories categories)
• RTW industrial knowledge
• Solid analytical skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Relational Skills
• Strong personal interest for the luxury business
• At least 2 years of working experience
• Bachelor Degree
• Fluency in english